Pflegeanstalt
[ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʔanʃtalt]
The verdict
“Pflegeanstalt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Institution (Anstalt), in der kranke Menschen, die vermutlich nicht (mehr) geheilt werden können, gepflegt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflegeanstalt · Pflegeanstalt · German
Pflegeanstalt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pflegeanstalt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʔanʃtalt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pflegeanstalt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pflegeanstalt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡fleːɡəˌʔanʃtalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Institution (Anstalt), in der kranke Menschen, die vermutlich nicht (mehr) geheilt werden können, gepflegt werden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Pflegeanstalt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Pflegeanstalt, spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-A-N-S-T-A-L-T.
Definition
- 1Institution (Anstalt), in der kranke Menschen, die vermutlich nicht (mehr) geheilt werden können, gepflegt werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Pflegeanstalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Antipsychiater wandten sich nicht nur gegen Missstände in den Heil- und Pflegeanstalten und gegen die dortigen hierarchischen Strukturen, sie zielten vielmehr auf die medizinischen und psychopathologischen Konzeptionen der Psychiatrie, letztlich auf das psychisch Kranksein an sich ab.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.